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> On Nov 4, 2018, at 5:14 AM, Mariel Cherkassky =
<mariel.cherkassky@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> local dba used to run vacuum full on a daily basis


Shouldn=E2=80=99t be doing vacuum fulls; that=E2=80=99s just bad db =
management.  Autovacuum/vacuum and normal turnover rate should be =
enough; otherwise you server is mostly not sized correctly.